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Saturday, February 4, 2012
Austinites cheer ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’
“Drama!” “Romantic!” “Action!” “Enjoyable!” “Sing!” “Petrova!”
As if playing a word game during the first intermission, guests on the Long Center plaza shared one-word responses to Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” as staged by Austin Lyric Opera. (This kept them engaged while I snapped their pictures for this column.) Everyone I spoke to succinctly agreed with the published critics, who uniformly praised the music and the drama.
Terry Ortiz and Marion Sanchez
Yet they singled out soprano Lyubov Petrova, who gave a performance for the ages in the title role.
Brooke Bailey and Rudy Garcia
Pleased with the glories of the singing, acting, directing, conducting and playing, few seemed to notice the admittedly dowdy — if serviceable — sets and costumes from New Orleans and Salt Lake City. Given the company’s constrained circumstances these days, we must grow accustomed to the lack of potent spectacle and any repertoire outside opera’s Top 20.
Teresa Brucker and Dasha Yegorova
So be it. The music and drama suffice. They appeared to renew Austin’s devotion to the art form, as an up-to-the-rafters house rose to gladden the company with unreserved cheers.
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